IMPACT OF TRAINING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF DAIRY FARM WOMEN

G.B. DOLE¹, A.A. PATEL², G.N. THORAT³*
¹Extension Education Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat
²Extension Education Institute, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat
³Pashu Vigyan Kendra, TRTC, Anand Agricultural University, Devgadh Baria, Dahod, 389 380, Gujarat
* Corresponding Author : gunvantthorat@rediffmail.com

Received : 21-05-2016     Accepted : 16-06-2016     Published : 01-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 42       Pages : 1857 - 1858
Int J Agr Sci 8.42 (2016):1857-1858

Keywords : Dairy Women, Training Programme, Knowledge Gain and Knowledge Retention
Academic Editor : V. Krishnasree, Prabhakar P.K., Prusty Suvashree R, Shukla Ruchira
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Dairying in India is a female dominated enterprise. Training is viewed as an investment of human resource. This investment has the potentialities in transforming the group of dairy farm women to accomplish the common goal. Two batches of training programme organized at RBRU unit, AAU, Anand was selected for the study and the participants coming from different talukas of Gujarat state. The study conducted to find out the impact of training programme in terms of gain in knowledge and retention in knowledge. Study revealed that great majority of dairy farm women had medium to high level of knowledge gain and retention.